Resonant enhancement of second harmonic generation in a two-dimensional nonlinear crystal integrated with a metawaveguide: Analytical versus numerical approaches
Phys. Rev. B 113, 205307 – Published 8 May, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/qkmq-nbzs
Abstract
We present an analytical theory of second harmonic generation (SHG) in hybrid structures combining a nonlinear two-dimensional (2D) crystal with a dielectric metasurface waveguide. The theory describes the excitation spectrum and enhancement of SHG at both leaky mode and quasibound state in the continuum (quasi-BIC) resonances in terms of the material parameters. For low-loss systems, the SHG efficiency at leaky resonances is determined by their radiative broadening, governed by the relevant Fourier harmonics of the metasurface polarizability, whereas the SHG enhancement at quasi-BIC resonances is ultimately limited by inhomogeneous broadening and absorption in the system. We also describe the emergence and polarization properties of second harmonic diffracted beams. These beams appear even if both the 2D crystal and the metawaveguide are centrosymmetric owing to the nonlocal mechanism of SHG. The developed framework provides a systematic theoretical basis for optimizing the resonant nonlinear frequency conversion in hybrid 2D-material-metasurface platforms and identifies the fundamental limitations of the SHG efficiency.
